... as the study of navigational mechanisms used by migratory and other wild birds becomes more accessible. Navigational map Familiar area map Migratory navigation Olfaction Geomagnetism Bird Beginning in the 1950s, laboratories in the United Kingdom ( Matthews, 1951 ) and Germany ( Kramer, 1957...

..., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3N5 (e-mail: [email protected] ) 27 01 1999 22 03 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 magnetic orientation geomagnetism salamander bird navigation photoreceptor orientation Understanding the biophysical mechanism(s...

... the magnetic inclination is steepest, than over other parts of the study area and at another study area with a normal geomagnetic field. The descents lasted on average about 2min, with a mean angle of descent of 2·6°, leading to a height loss of about 100 m before level flight was resumed. Flock formations...

...Joseph L. Kirschvink; Andrew E. Dizon; James A. Westphal ABSTRACT We tested the hypothesis that cetaceans use weak anomalies in the geomagnetic field as cues for orientation, navigation and/or piloting. Using the positions of 212 stranding events of live animals in the Smithsonian compilation which...

...G. W. Max Westby; Karen J. Partridge ABSTRACT Baker’s highly influential and widely cited studies suggest that people are capable of non-visual navigational performance comparable to that of homing pigeons. Past failures to replicate this work have been attributed by Baker to geomagnetic influences...